Residents of Bayelsa State are increasingly alarmed as intensifying floods, exacerbated by persistent heavy rainfall, disrupt local communities. While water levels remain below the severe flooding of 2022, several communities — including Amassoma, Biseni, Anibeze, and Akenpai—have been inundated. The Flood and Erosion Control Directorate has reassured residents that water levels should start to recede within days. Walson Omuso, Head …

The Kano State Police Command has warned residents against taking to the streets in any guise as the command is ready to deal decisively with any person or group of persons that violated the order. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna, gave the warning while parading some arrested criminals at the Command’s headquarters in Bompai Kano on Monday. He said …

Members of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners, Akwa Ibom State Council, have threatened to embark on mass protests across the streets of the Uyo metropolis over poor payment. The pensioners said they would block the Government House gates to draw the government’s attention to their plights. The union had, last week, expressed sadness that some of its members who retired …